DNS Error Can Prevent Your Site from Sending Pingbacks
This is in relation to my problem on sending pingbacks and trackbacks using WordPress 2.7 and 2.7.1, which has really consumed so much of my time troubleshooting. Apparently, I can now send pingbacks/trackbacks to other sites but I can’t send pingbacks to my own articles (again). I tried upgrading the WordPress MySQL database and I’m not sure how will this affect sending pingbacks. A few hours ago, my web hosting provider told that my DNS is not resolving properly. After fixing the DNS error, I was able to send pingbacks to some of my articles but my last three articles on Vacuum Cleaners: iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum With Virtual Wall, iTunes Error 5002: How To Fix iTunes Error 5002 When Encountered? and Gateway T-6345U Notebook With 14.1-Inch WXGA Screen were not able to send pingbacks once more.
Blogger Blog Hijacked
A few minutes ago, I did a little bloghopping and my blogger-friend Ellaine of Lainy’s Musing claimed that her Blogger blog (formerly located at www.lainyonline.com) was hijacked by an unknown entity. That being said, she has transferred her site to WordPress, a very efficient and flexible content management system (CMS). I was even telling here to migrate to WordPress a long time ago but since her first blogging platform was Blogger, she stuck with it for a while only to realize that blogs hosted by Blogger are very vulnerable to hijacking.